Light-hearted

Title : Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya
Cast : Ajay, Naga Shaurya and Sana Maqbool
Direction : Trikoti
Genre : Romance
Rating : ***
Like : Novelty and Ajay
UnLike : Half-hearted

Debutant director Trikoti takes a theme that is interesting and also to a large extent keeps it light-hearted and goes about dealing with a tale that has a degree of novelty. It is another matter that talent is not backing ambition or effort is not backing goal. If nothing the film has the advantage of compare with the other release of the week. Also the filmmaker is not out to tell us once again about family feuds, large families, villains thirsting for blood and heroes getting into enemy camps to win over the villain and his large family.

Instead the filmmaker deals with a story of a brewing romance of a father and a son for the same girl. The premise is extremely interesting and is chance for a wonderful film thematically speaking. Gopalakrishna (Ajay) is a typical bank employee who has time on hand for all the dreams. He has obviously missed out on romance in the crucial teens and matrimony is dull with a wife Bhavani (Indraja) who has other priorities than entertaining her husband. The guy is thus philandering and hopes to have a romantic experience tucked away in the cupboard. The bank where he works alongside his friend Satya ( Brahmaji) gives him a few opportunities till he meets up with a customer whose loan account is in trouble- Samhita (Sana Maqbool ). She takes to his caring and loving attitude and believes him to be a bachelor. Things get worse when his son Madhu (Naga Shaurya), an introvert going to an engineering college, also falls for the same person. Both are busy wooing her and falling a prey to her charms. In fact Gopalakrishna weaves a complete tale of lies to convince his lady love who at one point of time prefers to marry the dad over the son. The introvert son finds it obviously difficult to propose and is shy to speak his mind out. The rest of the film deals with how the marriage of the protagonist is saved and how the script does not give thumbs up to adventure beyond matrimony or even bigamy.

The cast has the likes of Ali who breathe customary fillip to the proceedings and also has Posani giving the script his signature appearance. There is also Brahmaji as the henpecked husband who gives his best to a script that offers him enough to do. Sana Maqbool is pleasant and has screen presence. Her understanding of an urban girl living it out single is mature and is not marred by needless attitude or gaudy sartorial statements. Naga Shaurya is still finding his feet and makes a sincere attempt. He may not be the usual boisterous hero and that could well be his USP. The film, however, belongs to Ajay who gets an opportunity to deliver a lengthy role. He does full justice to it and in fact holds the film on his shoulders. Light hearted and spirited, the film may not be a film to be strongly recommended but is one that holds enough to have a go at without too many expectations.